Football is drowning in sea of self-importance

Football is a game of snitch. We know this after it went into meltdown this week. The reason was Lionel Messi said something. It was along the lines of: “Idiot, come here, show your face.” As rants go it was not prime-time Terry Hurlock, but this is the world’s greatest player, even if he is currently sporting a look best dubbed Dad-of-Bros.

Lord knows we love a tunnel fracas. It is partly because we don’t know what is down there. The mind plays tricks. Messi, though, escaped any punishment, presumably because there is no sub-section in the rule-book catering for being mildly miffed.

And this is the problem with football. It is the greatest and most sanitised game on the planet. It panders to tell-tales.…

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